Archive for December 12th, 2022
Cop remains at work after testing positive for ganja
(CNS): A serving police officer who tested positive for cannabis in a mandatory drug screening test on 21 October remains on the job and has not been arrested as an inquiry is underway, officials from the RCIPS have confirmed. While he was “removed from front-line duties” and stopped from driving police vehicles, he remains in […]
Dart duty waiver relates to ‘inherited obligation’
(CNS): A refund to the Dart Consortium of over CI$1 million for stamp duty and land registry fees is related to the purchase of land for the planned ReGen facilities, which was an “inherited obligation”, according to Jennifer Ahearn, the chief officer of the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency. Ahearn said that because the […]
Local man admits double stabbing at 7M shops
(CN): Nicholas Romano Forbes (31), from Bodden Town, pleaded guilty on Friday to two charges of GBH, admitting that he stabbed one man in the stomach and another in the eye at the parking lot at Seven Mile Shops in June. No details of what led to the violent stabbing were revealed in court, but […]
Bush secures WIZ freeze for boats at Stingray City
(CNS): McKeeva Bush MP (WBW) has successfully steered through a proposed new moratorium on Wildlife Interaction Zone licences at the Sandbar and Stingray City while the government creates a task force to review all watersports operations in the North Sound. In his first private member’s motion since returning to the back benches, Bush said Caymanian […]
Traffic troubles stir up political friction
(CNS): MPs on both sides of the House went to battle on Thursday over the best ways to tackle traffic jams and who was to blame for the delays in the East-West Arterial Road extension. A private member’s motion brought by Opposition Leader Roy McTaggart asked the government to consider rolling out some of the […]
Revellers get OK for huge fire on Governor’s Beach
(CNS): The Public Lands Commission gave a group of revellers permission to dig a huge fire pit on Governor’s Beach last weekend. The party set social media alight, too, given the size of the fire, the location and the fact that the partygoers were burning old pallets. The Department of Environment no longer controls permits […]
